2009–10 Elitserien season

2009–10 Elitserien season
League Sweden Elitserien
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 21, 2009 – March 13, 2010
Total attendance 2,049,408 (regular season)
315,291 (playoffs)
Average attendance 6,210 (regular season)
7,882 (playoffs)
Regular season
League Champion HV71
Season MVP Magnus Johansson (Linköpings HC)
Top scorer Norway Mats Zuccarello (Modo Hockey, 64 pts)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Johan Davidsson (HV71)
Finals
Champions HV71
  Runners-up Djurgårdens IF

The 2009–10 Elitserien season was the 35th season of Elitserien. It started on September 21, 2009 and ended on March 13, 2010. The playoffs started on March 18, 2010 and ended on April 24, 2010. HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK 4–1 in the semi final series, and Djurgårdens IF 4–2 in the final series. The season had a mid-season break that started on February 9 and ended on February 26 to allow participation of Elitserien players in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

In Kvalserien, Södertälje SK requalified and AIK qualified for the 2010–11 Elitserien season at the expense of Rögle BK.

League business

Rule changes

Elitserien will bring in a number of rule changes for the start of the 2009–10 Elitserien season aimed at increasing offence. Two rule changes are to Rule 440 on faceoffs. Firstly, the first faceoff of a power play will now be in the defending zone of the team that committed the foul, regardless of where the play was stopped. Secondly, a faceoff will always be located at one of the nine faceoff spots. In previous seasons a faceoff could have been located anywhere on the rink.[1][2]

Referees

For the 2009–10 Elitserien season around 100 matches will be refereed by four referees.[3] Also, the referees uniforms will change to the classical black striped shirts with a number on the back instead of the referee's name, as in previous seasons.[2]

Season schedule

Each team will play each other five times during the regular season. Due to play in the Champions Hockey League and matches against two NHL teams, Färjestads BK's and Linköpings HC's matches in round 4 are played out of the schedule.[4] After the initial season schedule have changes been made for rounds 3, 6, 13, 16 and 38.[5]

General managers' meeting

The general managers of the 12 elite league clubs in Elitserien met on June 9, 2009 and agreed on creating a jointly-owned development company that will focus its work on the development of elite ice hockey in Sweden. The company's executive officer is Håkan Loob who will put is work in Färjestads BK on hold. It was also decided that the elite clubs will produce a new shareholder deal for the Swedish hockey league, Svenska Hockeyligan AB (SHL), as the current deal expires on April 30, 2010. The clubs will participate in the current league system for seasons 2009–10 and 2010–11.[6]

Outdoor game

On December 28, 2009, Frölunda HC and Färjestads BK played their round 33 game outdoors at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg. The match organizers' goal was to break the previous outdoor game spectator record from 1962 where 23,192 spectators attended a match between Frölunda HC and Djurgårdens IF at Ullevi. In the 2009 match, the boards of the rink were completely transparent and Frölunda HC played in jerseys looking as the jerseys from 1962, void of advertisements.[7][8] 31,144 spectators watched the game.

Regular season

Standings

Elitserien GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts
y – HV71 55 25 16 14 6 3 188 155 95
x – Djurgårdens IF 55 26 17 12 2 3 161 130 92
x – Linköpings HC 55 27 20 8 3 2 163 139 92
x – Skellefteå AIK 55 26 20 9 1 4 146 141 88
x – Färjestads BK 55 25 20 10 2 5 132 144 87
x – Brynäs IF 55 20 17 18 6 1 144 124 84
x – Frölunda HC 55 22 22 11 1 1 155 156 78
x – Timrå IK 55 18 19 18 3 7 138 150 75
e – Modo Hockey 55 16 20 19 7 4 161 150 74
e – Luleå HF 55 19 23 13 4 7 139 143 74
r – Södertälje SK 55 14 27 14 7 3 131 176 63
r – Rögle BK 55 13 30 12 4 6 127 173 55

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in relegation series

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Norway Zuccarello Aasen, MatsMats Zuccarello Aasen Modo Hockey 55 23 41 64 +6 62
Sweden Martensson, TonyTony Mårtensson Linköpings HC 55 19 44 63 +8 26
Sweden Davidsson, JohanJohan Davidsson HV71 55 12 46 58 +21 18
Sweden Petrasek, DavidDavid Petrasek HV71 52 15 38 53 +17 101
Czech Republic Hlavac, JanJan Hlaváč Linköpings HC 38 30 21 51 +15 24
Sweden Nilson, MarcusMarcus Nilson Djurgårdens IF 53 24 27 51 +25 32
Sweden Klasen, LinusLinus Klasen Södertälje SK 51 19 32 51 -14 20
Czech Republic Hlinka, JaroslavJaroslav Hlinka Linköpings HC 41 13 37 50 +11 12
Sweden Johansson, MagnusMagnus Johansson Linköpings HC 52 8 41 49 +5 14
Finland Somervuori, EeroEero Somervuori Brynäs IF 55 19 25 44 0 18

As of the end of the regular season.[9]

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player Team GP TOI GA SO Sv% GAA
Sweden Markstrom, JacobJacob Markström Brynäs IF 43 2,542:03 85 5 .927 2.01
Sweden Wesslau, GustafGustaf Wesslau Djurgårdens IF 32 1,836:10 70 2 .917 2.29
Sweden Ridderwall, StefanStefan Ridderwall Djurgårdens IF 26 1,488:02 57 0 .916 2.30
Sweden Hadelov, AndreasAndreas Hadelöv Skellefteå AIK 50 2,954:47 117 4 .912 2.38
Sweden Karlsson, HenrikHenrik Karlsson Färjestads BK 34 1,933:58 79 3 .913 2.45
Sweden Lindback, AndersAnders Lindbäck Timrå IK 42 2,536:33 104 3 .912 2.46
Sweden Modig, MattiasMattias Modig Luleå HF 34 1,925:08 80 2 .899 2.49
Finland Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena Linköpings HC 45 2,550:36 106 3 .907 2.49
Sweden Svedberg, NiklasNiklas Svedberg Modo Hockey 32 1,898:34 82 1 .900 2.59
Sweden Liv, StefanStefan Liv HV71 43 2,542:05 110 4 .908 2.60

As of the end of the regular season.[10]

Attendance

# Team Home Away Total
GP Total Average GP Total Average GP Total Average
1 Frölunda HC 28 319,189 11,399 27 156,182 5,784 55 475,371 8,643
2 Djurgårdens IF 27 189,920 7,034 28 176,539 6,304 55 366,459 6,662
3 HV 71 28 194,293 6,939 27 173,276 6,417 55 367,569 6,683
4 Linköpings HC 28 193,177 6,899 27 152,502 5,648 55 345,679 6,285
5 Färjestads BK 28 189,961 6,784 27 196,351 7,272 55 386,312 7,023
6 MODO Hockey 28 179,366 6,405 27 180,429 6,682 55 359,795 6,541
7 Brynäs 27 154,932 5,738 28 174,996 6,249 55 329,928 5,998
8 Luleå HF 28 149,316 5,332 27 167,508 6,204 55 316,824 5,760
9 Timrå IK 27 136,389 5,051 28 169,637 6,058 55 306,026 5,564
10 Skellefteå AIK 27 132,092 4,892 28 168,293 6,010 55 300,385 5,461
11 Rögle BK 27 112,377 4,162 28 162,661 5,809 55 275,038 5,000
12 Södertälje SK 27 98,396 3,644 28 171,034 6,108 55 269,430 4,898
League 330 2,049,408 6,210

Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. HV71 won the regular season title with 95 points.

  1. HV71 – Regular season champions, 95 points
  2. Djurgårdens IF – 92 points (+31 goals for)
  3. Linköpings HC – 92 points (+24 goals for)
  4. Skellefteå AIK – 88 points
  5. Färjestads BK – 87 points
  6. Brynäs IF – 84 points
  7. Frölunda HC – 78 points
  8. Timrå IK – 75 points

Playoff bracket

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chooses which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series follows a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1  HV71 4  
8  Timrå IK 1  
  1  HV71 4  
  4  Skellefteå AIK 1  
4  Skellefteå AIK 4
  5  Färjestads BK 3  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   1  HV71 4
  2  Djurgårdens IF 2
  2  Djurgårdens IF 4  
6  Brynäs IF 1  
  2  Djurgårdens IF 4
  3  Linköpings HC 1  
3  Linköpings HC 4
  7  Frölunda HC 3  
Swedish Champions
2009–10
HV71
Fourth Title

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals 2009/2010

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the best ranked team is paired with the lowest ranked team qualified for the semifinals. The two remaining teams will play against each other.

Semifinals 2009/2010

Finals

Finals 2009/2010

Playoff statistical leaders

Playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Finland Voutilainen, JukkaJukka Voutilainen HV71 15 6 9 15 +8 12
Sweden Davidsson, JohanJohan Davidsson HV71 16 4 11 15 +7 6
Sweden Engqvist, AndreasAndreas Engqvist Djurgårdens IF 16 5 8 13 +3 10
Finland Laine, TeemuTeemu Laine HV71 16 5 8 13 +7 12
Sweden Thornberg, MartinMartin Thörnberg HV71 16 5 8 13 +7 0
Sweden Nilson, MarcusMarcus Nilson Djurgårdens IF 16 4 9 13 +4 6
Czech Republic Hlavac, JanJan Hlaváč Linköpings HC 12 6 6 12 +3 6
Sweden Martensson, TonyTony Mårtensson Linköpings HC 12 5 7 12 +4 2
Sweden Olvestad, JimmieJimmie Ölvestad Djurgårdens IF 16 6 5 11 +6 10
Sweden Petrasek, DavidDavid Petrasek HV71 16 5 6 11 +6 16

As of the end of the playoffs.[11]

Playoff leading goaltenders

GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player Team GP TOI GA SO Sv% GAA
Sweden Wesslau, GustafGustaf Wesslau Djurgårdens IF 15 965:05 29 1 .940 1.80
Sweden Liv, StefanStefan Liv HV71 16 1021:28 38 2 .906 2.23
Sweden Rahm, RobinRobin Rahm Färjestads BK 7 451:59 17 0 .923 2.26
Finland Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena Linköpings HC 9 560:52 22 1 .922 2.35
Sweden Hadelov, AndreasAndreas Hadelöv Skellefteå AIK 12 756:56 30 1 .918 2.38

As of the end of the playoffs.[12]

Elitserien awards

Le Mat Trophy: HV71
Guldpucken: Magnus Johansson, Linköpings HC
Guldhjälmen: Mats Zuccarello, Modo Hockey
Honken Trophy: Jacob Markström, Brynäs IF
Håkan Loob Trophy: Jan Hlaváč, Linköpings HC
Rookie of the Year: Jacob Markström, Brynäs IF
Salming Trophy: Magnus Johansson, Linköpings HC
Playoff MVP (later renamed the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy): Johan Davidsson, HV71
Guldpipan: Marcus Vinnerborg

References

  1. ↑ Ernst, Dennis (2009-08-07). "Regeländring ska leda till fler mål i elitserien". DN.se (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  2. 1 2 Josefsson, Tobias (2009-08-07). "Elitseriens domare laddar för ny säsong". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  3. ↑ Eriksson, Frank (2009-05-14). "Elitserien inför fyrdomarsystem". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  4. ↑ "Spelschemat för 2009/2010 fastställt". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  5. ↑ Josefsson, Tobias (2009-06-17). "Ändringar i Elitseriens spelschema". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  6. ↑ "Elitserieklubbarna har enats!". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  7. ↑ Birkestad, Erik (2009-03-18). "Utomhusmatchen blir av". Hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  8. ↑ Gyllander, Peter (2009-03-16). "Utomhusmatchen klar mot Färjestad". frolundaindians.com (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  9. ↑ "Statistik". Hockeyligan. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  10. ↑ "Statistik". Hockeyligan. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  11. ↑ "Statistik". Hockeyligan. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  12. ↑ "Statistik". Hockeyligan. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.

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